Korea

Fernandez to meet with Lee once again in Seoul

Jose W. Fernandez, U.S. under secretary of state for economic growth, energy, and the environment is in Seoul this week to meet with Lee...

Is Kim Ju-ae North Korea’s heir apparent?

On New Year’s Day, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made an appearance on state television viewing an array of weapons at a missile base...

North Korea holds mass rally to drum up support for 2023 policy goals

North Korea held a mass rally in Pyongyang earlier this week to call for the thorough implementations of policy goals laid out during a...

White House Chief of Staff Appoints Korean as Policy Adviser

  Hanna Kim (Korean name Kim Ye-jin, 39), a former assistant secretary of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, was appointed as Asia-Pacific policy adviser...

Yoon and Biden get nuclear exercise signals tangled

Seoul and Washington officials said they are not planning to hold "joint nuclear exercises" Tuesday, after contradictory remarks from the countries' leaders. But they confirmed...

Former NIS chief, ex-defense minister indicted for deleting evidence in fisheries case

Prosecutors indicted without detention Thursday former National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief Park Ji-won, former Defense Minister Suh Wook, and a former NIS staffer for...

Korean student in Germany assaulted by two men in apparent hate crime

A Korean student studying in Germany was assaulted by two men in an apparent Asian hate crime. The two men made racist comments to the...

Top national stories of the year in Korea 2022

1. 158 die in Itaewon Halloween crowd crush During Halloween celebrations in Itaewon on Oct. 28, 158 people were killed in a crowd crush. It was...

Ex-Yongsan police chief arrested for Itaewon tragedy

Former Yongsan Police Station chief Lee Im-jae was arrested on Friday for allegedly failing to respond quickly to the crowd crush in Itaewon on...

Seoul, Washington considering large-scale live-fire demonstration next year

South Korea and the United States are reviewing holding a large-scale combined live-fire demonstration next year to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment...